Category: Suburban News

  • Holt shares philosophies on U.S., foreign issues

    The past BY LAUREN MATTHEW Staff Writer BY LAUREN MATTHEWStaff Writer PHOTOS BY MIGUEL JUAREZ staff Congressman Rush Holt (D-12) talks politics with students from the Old Bridge High School government and politics courses at the west campus Monday. OLD BRIDGE — Old Bridge High School students sat in the west campus library Monday, listening…

  • Power plays

    Sayreville Upper Elementary School physical education teacher Wayne Lewis, in conjunction with the borough’s recreation department, made up for the lack of a National Hockey League season this year by running a floor hockey league of their own. Top, fourth-graders sing along and dance the “YMCA” at the school’s floor hockey final Friday. Above, Sean…

  • Puppeteering

    PHOTOSBY SCOTT PILLING staff Above, Cheesequake Elementary School students Maya Hernandez (l) and Kaushik Sanunda, both 5, enjoy the puppet show “Willow Girl” at the Old Bridge school Tuesday. At left, puppet actors perform for the students.

  • Officials set up site to support law

    State officials are urging residents to contact the federal government as part of an effort to keep New Jersey’s Do Not Call Law intact. Acting Gov. Richard J. Codey recently unveiled a Web site, www.nj.gov/protectdonotcall, to make it easier for residents to send messages directly to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). Codey and other state…

  • Challenge class uses drama as learning tool

    Playlets to be staged Friday at Sandburg Middle School BY LAUREN MATTHEW Staff Writer BY LAUREN MATTHEWStaff Writer OLD BRIDGE — Sandburg Middle School’s eighth-grade challenge class takes the stage Friday night with shows created entirely on its own. The challenge class focuses on creative methods of teaching, using hands-on experience instead of lecture or…

  • Sign remains, albeit with one less name

    BY JOHN DUNPHY Staff Writer BY JOHN DUNPHYStaff Writer SAYREVILLE — A resident who made the news recently after refusing to take down a large sign that called for the removal of two borough officials says he is ready to bury the hatchet. Sort of. “I took the sign down to make an alteration,” Michael…

  • Home construction sites burglarized in Old Bridge

    BY LAUREN MATTHEW Staff Writer BY LAUREN MATTHEWStaff Writer OLD BRIDGE — Police are investigating connections between a string of thefts from construction sites on Walden Court and Morris Drive. Some five thefts are reported to have occurred between 5 p.m. Friday and 7 a.m. Monday, according to police. “We believe them to be connected,”…

  • Parents urge board to reach settlement

    Fact-finding hearing set for next week on teachers BY JOHN DUNPHY Staff Writer BY JOHN DUNPHYStaff Writer SAYREVILLE — As a fact-finding hearing approaches on teachers contracts, parents are becoming vocal in their desire to see a settlement reached. Several parents this week presented the Board of Education with a petition encouraging a contract settlement.…

  • Fund-raisers

    Feb. 10 • Dessert/Card Party, sponsored by the Alisa Chapter of Hadassah, Monroe, 12:30 p.m., at the Jewish Congregation of Concordia, Concordia Shopping Center, Monroe. Donation is $12 per person. Proceeds go to the Hadassah Medical Organization. For reservations, call Claire at (609) 655-3062 or Sandy at (609) 409-7509. • Cell phone collection and empty…